Definitions
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- verb transitive, intransitive To
split off ;secede . - noun A
splitting off or breaking away from; asecession ;divergence .
Etymologies
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From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten ("to split off"), German abspalten ("to split off, secede").
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Examples
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Those candescent worlds, circled by little offsplit planets — were their names taken in vain, or were they really in their motions and their relative positions the writing on the wall for men to read?
Flowering Wilderness 2004
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